New bounty offered in Pakistan for death of maker of anti-Islam film
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Pakistani activists gather as they take part in a protest rally in Karachi on Sept 29, 2012, against an anti-Islam film. -- PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A former Pakistani legislator has offered a US$200,000 (S$245,000) bounty for anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims around the world.
Mr Ikramullah Shahid made the offer at a rally on Monday in the north-western city of Peshawar, before a crowd of about 15,000 people.
The rally was led by the Difa-e-Pakistan Council, an umbrella group of radical Islamic and militant groups. Mr Shahid is a member of the group.
This is the second such offer made by someone in Pakistan. A federal Cabinet minister earlier offered US$100,000 for the man behind the US-made film that portrays Islam's Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, womaniser and child molester.
